Monodontidae Gray 1821

Family MONODONTIDAE (NARWHAL AND BELUGA) • Medium-sized toothed whales, with blunt heads, fusiform bodies narrowing toward tails, short beaks, mouths curving upward toward eyes, and no dorsal fins; rostrums have globe-like melons containing fatty tissue used in echolocation. • 300-500 cm. Arctic and...

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Main Authors: Russell A. Mittermeier, Don E. Wilson
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Language:unknown
Published: Lynx Edicions 2014
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetacea
Monodontidae
Beluga
Beluga*
narwhal*
Subarctic
toothed whales
Lynx
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topic Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetacea
Monodontidae
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Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetacea
Monodontidae
Russell A. Mittermeier
Don E. Wilson
Monodontidae Gray 1821
topic_facet Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetacea
Monodontidae
description Family MONODONTIDAE (NARWHAL AND BELUGA) • Medium-sized toothed whales, with blunt heads, fusiform bodies narrowing toward tails, short beaks, mouths curving upward toward eyes, and no dorsal fins; rostrums have globe-like melons containing fatty tissue used in echolocation. • 300-500 cm. Arctic and subarctic regions. Circumpolar, mainly Arctic andsubarctic seas. 2 genera, 2 species, 2 taxa. No species threatened; none Extinct since 1600. Published as part of Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2014, Monodontidae, pp. 394-408 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 4 Sea Mammals, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 394, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6602871
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Don E. Wilson
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title Monodontidae Gray 1821
title_short Monodontidae Gray 1821
title_full Monodontidae Gray 1821
title_fullStr Monodontidae Gray 1821
title_full_unstemmed Monodontidae Gray 1821
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Beluga*
narwhal*
Subarctic
toothed whales
Lynx
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Beluga*
narwhal*
Subarctic
toothed whales
Lynx
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